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Benjamin L. Berger Full Professor and York Research Chair in Pluralism and Public Law Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario Phone: (416) 736-5867 E-Mail: [email protected] 1. Education Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D) SSHRC Doctoral Fellow Dissertation: “The Conceits of Culture: Religion and the Constitutional Rule of Law in Canada” Yale University 2008 Master of Laws (LL.M.) Canada-US Fulbright Scholar Thesis: “The Paradox of Religious Freedom” Yale University 2004 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Law Society of British Columbia Gold Medalist University of Victoria 2002 Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours (B.A., Hons) Religious Studies Governor General’s Academic Medal; Gold Medal in Arts University of Alberta 1999 2. Positions Held York Research Chair (Tier 1) in Pluralism and Public Law Jul 2019 – Present Full Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Teaching Subject Areas: Law and Religion, Criminal Law, the Law of Evidence, Constitutional Law and Theory. Member of the faculty of the Graduate Program in Socio-Legal Studies Affiliated Faculty Member, Centre for Jewish Studies Jul 2017 – Present Full Professor (Status Only), Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto Fall 2019 – Present Associate Dean (Students), Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Jul 2015 – Jun 2018 Associate Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Teaching Subject Areas: Law and Religion, Criminal Law, the Law of Evidence, Constitutional Law and Theory. Member of the faculty of the Graduate Program in Socio-Legal Studies Jul 2011 – Jun 2017 Associate Professor (Status Only), Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto 2014 –2018 Associate Professor of Law, University of Victoria Cross appointment in the Department of Philosophy Teaching Subject Areas: Criminal Law, Law and Religion, Law of Evidence, Civil Liberties and the Charter, Legal Process Member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies 2009 – 2012 2010 – 2012 Assistant Professor of Law, University of Victoria 2004 – 2008 Barrister and Solicitor

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Benjamin L. Berger Full Professor and York Research Chair in Pluralism and Public Law

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario Phone: (416) 736-5867 � E-Mail: [email protected]

1. Education

DoctoroftheScienceofLaw(J.S.D)• SSHRCDoctoralFellow• Dissertation:“TheConceitsofCulture:Religionandthe

ConstitutionalRuleofLawinCanada”

YaleUniversity2008

MasterofLaws(LL.M.)• Canada-USFulbrightScholar• Thesis:“TheParadoxofReligiousFreedom”

YaleUniversity2004

BachelorofLaws(LL.B.)• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaGoldMedalist

UniversityofVictoria2002

BachelorofArtswithFirstClassHonours(B.A.,Hons)• ReligiousStudies• GovernorGeneral’sAcademicMedal;GoldMedalinArts

UniversityofAlberta1999

2. Positions Held

YorkResearchChair(Tier1)inPluralismandPublicLaw Jul2019–Present

FullProfessorofLaw,OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity• TeachingSubjectAreas:LawandReligion,CriminalLaw,the

LawofEvidence,ConstitutionalLawandTheory.• MemberofthefacultyoftheGraduatePrograminSocio-Legal

Studies• AffiliatedFacultyMember,CentreforJewishStudies

Jul2017–Present

FullProfessor(StatusOnly),DepartmentfortheStudyofReligion,UniversityofToronto

Fall2019–Present

AssociateDean(Students),OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity Jul2015–Jun2018

AssociateProfessorofLaw,OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity• TeachingSubjectAreas:LawandReligion,CriminalLaw,the

LawofEvidence,ConstitutionalLawandTheory.• MemberofthefacultyoftheGraduatePrograminSocio-Legal

Studies

Jul2011–Jun2017

AssociateProfessor(StatusOnly),DepartmentfortheStudyofReligion,UniversityofToronto

2014–2018

AssociateProfessorofLaw,UniversityofVictoriaCrossappointmentintheDepartmentofPhilosophy

TeachingSubjectAreas:CriminalLaw,LawandReligion,LawofEvidence,CivilLibertiesandtheCharter,LegalProcessMemberoftheFacultyofGraduateStudies

2009–2012

2010–2012

AssistantProfessorofLaw,UniversityofVictoria 2004–2008

BarristerandSolicitor

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BarofBritishColumbia(currentlynon-practicing)BarofOntario(currentlynon-practicing)

2010–Present2009–Present

LawClerktotheRt.HonourableBeverleyMcLachlin,ChiefJusticeofCanada

2002–2003

TemporaryArticles,ArvayFinlay,Barristers 2001

3. Research and Teaching Awards and Honours

CALT-ACPDPrizeforAcademicExcellence• “honoursexceptionalcontributiontoresearchandlawteaching

byaCanadianlawteacherinmid-career.”

2015

OsgoodeHallLawSchoolTeachingAward 2013

CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersScholarlyPaperAward• For“TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainst

theLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”

2010

TerryJ.WuesterTeachingAward,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofVictoria 2011,2006

FacultyofLawFirstYearClassTeachingAward,UniversityofVictoria 2007

4. Academic Scholarships, Awards, and Honours

ResearchandScholarship

TeachingOsgoodeHallLawSchoolTeachingAward 2013TerryJ.WuesterTeachingAward,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofVictoria 2011,2006FacultyofLawFirstYearClassTeachingAward,UniversityofVictoria 2007

YorkResearchChair(Tier1)inPluralismandPublicLaw 2019-2024CALT-ACPDPrizeforAcademicExcellence 2015YorkUniversityResearchLeader 2015CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersScholarlyPaperAward 2010SSHRCDoctoralFellowship 2007–2008Canada-U.S.FulbrightScholar(YaleUniversity) 2003–2004SirJamesLougheedAwardofDistinction 2003–2004ViscountBennettScholarship–LawSocietyofAlberta 2003–2004LawFoundationofBritishColumbiaGraduateFellowship 2003–2004LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaScholarship 2003–2004LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaGoldMedal(UniversityofVictoria) 2002GovernorGeneral’sAcademicMedal(UniversityofAlberta) 1999C.D.HoweMemorialFellowship(UniversityofAlberta) 1999GoldMedalinArts(UniversityofAlberta) 1999FacultyofArtsOutstandingAchievementMedal(UniversityofAlberta) 1999

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5. Research Funding

HarryArthursCollaborativeFund(OsgoodeHallLawSchool)• Co-applicant• “Fact-FindinginImmigrationDetentionReviews:

EvidenceLawmeetsAdministrativeLaw”

$2500 2019

SSHRCConferenceOpportunityGrant(YorkUniversity)• “TheRenaissanceofSovereigntyinFreedomof

Religion”

$1700 2018

SSHRCInsightGrant• Collaborator• “SeeingCrime:VisualEvidence,Victims,and

DomesticViolence”

$177,254 2014-2019

SSHRCInsightDevelopmentGrant• PrincipalInvestigator• “WrestlingwithTradition:Community,Authority,

andChangeinLawandReligion”

$75,000 2013-2015

SSHRCConnectionGrant• Co-Investigator• “LawontheEdge”jointconferenceoftheCanadian

LawandSociety/LawandSocietyAssociationofAustraliaandNewZealand

$50,000 2013-2014

SSHRCMajorCollaborativeResearchInitiative• Co-Investigator• “ReligiousDiversityandItsLimits:MovingBeyond

ToleranceandAccommodation”

$2.5Million

2010-2017

SSHRCSmallGrantsProgram(York)• “BetweenFreeExerciseandLaicité:Understanding

CanadianSecularism”

$4000 December2011–December2012

BLGSummerResearchProgram• “JusticeAgainsttheLaw:TheExceptioninthe

CriminalLawandtheConstitutionalImagination”

$12,000 Summer2009

LawFoundationofBritishColumbiaResearchGrant• ReligiousDiversityandtheRuleofLawinCanada

$20,000 2008–2010

SSHRCInternalResearchGrant(UVic)• CharterRights,NationalSecurity,andtheFederal

Courts

$8,000 2005–2006

6. Fellowships, Institutes, and Visitorships

VisitingProfessor• CentreforEthics• UniversityofToronto

2018–2019

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VisitingFaculty• BerkeleyCentrefortheStudyofReligion• UCBerkeley

March2014

VisitingResearchFellow• ReligioninthePublicSphereInitiative• DepartmentofReligiousStudies,UniversityofToronto

2013-2014

VisitingScholar• MasseyCollegeintheUniversityofToronto

2013-2014

VisitingProfessor• MonashUniversity,PratoProgram• Prato,Italy

May-Jun2013

Fellow,SIASSummerInstitutes• Topic–ThePolitical:Law,Culture,Theology• BerlinBrandenburgischeAkademiederWissenschaften

Summer2006

Fellow,SIASSummerInstitutes• Topic–ThePolitical:Law,Culture,Theology• YaleLawSchool

Summer2005

7. Editorial Activities

Editor-in-Chief,CanadianJournalofLawandSociety/RevueCanadienneDroitetSocieté

2014–2018

GeneralEditorofConstitutionalSystemsoftheWorld• SeriespublishedbyHartPublishing• Editedover20volumes

2008–Present

AdvisoryBoardMemberofAshgatePublishingseriesonLawandReligion 2014–Present

MemberofEditorialBoard,ReviewofConstitutionalStudies 2013–2018

OverseasReporter,CriminalLawJournal(Australia) 2005–Present

MemberofEditorialBoard,CanadianJournalofLawandSociety 2008–2014

MemberofEditorialBoard,StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses 2010–2013

BookReviewEditor,ReviewofConstitutionalStudies 2006–2013

8. Publications Peer reviewed marked with “R”

ForthcomingR “IstheParticularExceptional?TwoTheologiesofChosenness”inWinnifredSullivanand

ElizabethShakmanHurd,eds,TheologiesofAmericanExceptionalism(Bloomington:IndianaUniversityPress,forthcoming).

“IndividualizedProportionalityandtheExperienceofPunishment:AnEmergentParadigmforCanadianSentencing?”inJulianVRobertsandDavidCole,eds,MakingSenseof

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Sentencing(2d)(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,forthcoming).R WithLisaKerr,“MethodsandSeverity:TheTwoTracksofSection12”(Forthcoming)

SupremeCourtLawReview(2d). “IsStateNeutralityBadforIndigenousReligiousFreedom”inJeffreyHewitt,BeverlyJacobs,

andRichardMoon,eds.,IndigenousSpiritualityandReligiousFreedom(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,Forthcoming).

Books(Monographs,Casebooks,andEditedCollections) BenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffe,andJamesStribopoulos,ToEnsurethatJusticeisDone:

EssaysinMemoryofMarcRosenberg(Toronto:ThomsonReuters,2017). BenjaminL.BergerandRichardMoon,ReligionandtheExerciseofPublicAuthority(London,

UK:HartPublishing,2016).R BenjaminL.Berger,Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism

(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,2015). HamishStewart,BenjaminLBerger,EmmaCunliffe,RonaldaMurphyandStevenPenney,

Evidence:ACanadianCasebook,4thed.(Toronto:Emond,2016).• (Authorofchapters6,7:character;credibility)

KentRoach,BenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffeandJamesStribopoulos,CriminalLawandProcedure:CasesandMaterials,11thed.(Toronto:EmondMontgomery,2015).

• (Authorofchapters2,5,14,17,18,19:limitsofcriminallaw;actusreus,provocation,self-defence,duress,andnecessity)

BenjaminL.BergerandJamesStribopoulos,eds.,UnsettledLegacy:ThirtyYearsofCriminalJusticeUndertheCharter(Toronto:LexisNexis,2012).

R HamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,TheGrandExperiment:LawandLegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008).

BenjaminL.BergerandJamesStribopoulos(2012),57SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).• Introduction:“TheConstitutionofCriminalJustice”(2012)57SupremeCourtLaw

Review(2d)3-9.

JournalArticlesR “AssessingAdler:TheWeightofConstitutionalHistoryandtheFutureofReligiousFreedom”

(2019)39NationalJournalofConstitutionalLaw35-61. “ReformoftheDefenceofDuress(andNecessity)”(2018)66TheCriminalLawQuarterly

229-253.(WithSteveCoughlan,GerryFerguson,DonStuart,CarissimaMathenandPeterSankoff).

R “ReligiousFreedominCanada:ACrucibleforConstitutionalism”[2018]1QuadernidiDirittoePoliticaEcclesiastica111-125.

“ConstitutionalCases2016:AnOverview”(2017)81S.C.L.R.(2d)xli-lxix.(WithSoniaLawrenceandSpirosVavougios).

“RecentDevelopmentsinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2016)40CriminalLawJournal33-48.

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(WithProf.GerryFerguson) “SentencingandtheSalienceofPainandHope”(2015)70SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)

337-363.R “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDifference,Secularism,andtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”

(2015)24(1)Social&LegalStudies47-63.R “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDifference,Secularism,andtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”

(2015)24(1)Social&LegalStudies47-63.R “TheVirtuesofLawinthePoliticsofReligiousFreedom”(2014)29:3JournalofLawand

Religion378-395.R “ReligiousDiversity,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(2014)29:1Canadian

JournalofLawandSociety103-122.R “ChildrenofTwoLogics:AWayIntoCanadianConstitutionalCulture”(2013)11:2

InternationalJournalofConstitutionalLaw319-338. “RecentDevelopmentsinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2013)37CriminalLawJournal315-329.

(WithProf.GerryFerguson) “ReasoningwithInferences:ThemesfromPriorConsistentStatementsandTraceEvidence”

(2012)92C.R.(6th)254-267.R “TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainsttheLawandtheModern

ConstitutionalImagination”(2011)61:4UniversityofTorontoLawJournal579-616. “KeyTheoreticalIssuesintheInteractionofLawandReligion:AGuideforthePerplexed”

(2011)19:2ConstitutionalForumconstitutionnel41-52.R “Judges,JuriesandtheHistoryofCriminalAppeals”(2011)29:1LawandHistoryReview

297-302. “Section1,ConstitutionalReasoning,andCulturalDifference:AssessingtheImpactsof

Albertav.HutterianBrethrenofWilsonColony”(2010)51SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)25-46.

“RecentDevelopmentsinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2009)33CriminalLawJournal263-280.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)

“AMoreLastingComfort?ThePoliticsofMinimumSentences,theRuleofLawandR.v.Ferguson”(2009)47SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)101–125.

R “WrestlingwithPunishment:TheRoleoftheBCCourtofAppealintheLawofSentencing”(2009)162B.C.Studies25-51.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)

“ADueMeasureofFearinCriminalJudgment”(2008)41SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)161-192.

“TheReachofRightsintheSecurityState:ReflectionsonKhadrv.Canada”(2008)56C.R.(6th)268-277.

R “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”(2008)21:2CanadianJournalofLawandJurisprudence245-277.

“MoralJudgment,CriminalLawandtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”(2008)41

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SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)513–552.R “WhiteFire:StructuralIndeterminacy,ConstitutionalDesign,andtheConstitutionBehindthe

Text”(2008)3:1JournalofComparativeLaw249-288.R “OntheBookofJob,Justice,andthePrecariousnessoftheCriminalLaw”(2008)4:1Law,

CultureandtheHumanities98–118.R “Law’sReligion:RenderingCulture”(2007)45:2OsgoodeHallLawJournal277–314. “RecentDevelopmentinCanadianCriminalLaw"(2007)31CriminalLawJournal369–384.

(WithProf.GerryFerguson)R “EmotionsandtheVeilofVoluntarism:TheLossofJudgmentinCanadianCriminalLaw”

(2006)51:1McGillLawJournal99–128.R “OurEvolvingJudicature:SecurityCertificates,DetentionReview,andtheFederalCourts”

(2006)39:1U.B.C.LawReview101–137.• ReproducedinG.Chandana,ed.,HabeasCorpus:TheoryandPractice(Hyderabad:

TheIcfaiUniversityPress,2008)44–88. “RecentDevelopmentinCanadianCriminalLaw"(2006)30:2CriminalLawJournal100–114.

(WithProf.GerryFerguson) “UnderstandingLawandReligionasCulture:MakingRoomforMeaninginthePublic

Sphere.”(2006)15:1ConstitutionalForumconstitutionnel15-22.R “TheRuleinHodge’sCase:RumoursofitsDeathareGreatlyExaggerated.”(2005)84:1

CanadianBarReview47–74. “CriminalAppealsasJuryControl:AnAnglo-CanadianHistoricalPerspectiveontheRiseof

CriminalAppeals.”(2005)10:1CanadianCriminalLawReview1–41.• ReproducedinpartinJohnH.Langbein,RenéeLettowLernerandBruceP.Smith,

eds.,HistoryoftheCommonLaw:TheDevelopmentofAnglo-AmericanLegalInstitutions(NewYork:AspenPublishers,2009)703-05.

“RaceandErasureinR.v.Mann.”(2004)21C.R.(6th)58-64. “PeineForteetDure:CompelledJuryTrialsandLegalRightsinCanada.”(2003)48:2Criminal

LawQuarterly205-248. “UsingtheChartertoCureHealthCare:PanaceaorPlacebo?”(2003)8:1Reviewof

ConstitutionalStudies20-41.R “AChoiceAmongValues:TheoreticalandHistoricalPerspectivesontheDefenceof

Necessity.”(2003)39:4AlbertaLawReview848-863.R “TheLimitsofBelief:FreedomofReligion,Secularism,andtheLiberalState.”(2002)17:1

CanadianJournalofLawandSociety39-68. “PuttingaPriceonDignity:TheProblemofCostsinCharterLitigation.”(2002)26:3

Advocates’Quarterly235-251. “UsingStatutoryMeasurestoRedressRacism.”(2001)24:4Advocates’Quarterly449-466.R “ReadinginColours:HighlightingforActiveReadinginReligiousStudies.”(2001)4:1

TeachingTheologyandReligion27-31.(Co-authoredwithDr.StephenEngler)

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R “QoheletandtheExigenciesoftheAbsurd.”(2001)9:2BiblicalInterpretation:AJournalofContemporaryApproaches141-179.

R “PicturingtheProphet:FocalizationintheBookofJonah.”(2000)29:1StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses55-68.

R “CalvinismandtheProblemofSuspenseinthePilgrimsProgress.”(1998)8BunyanStudies:AJournalofReformationandNonconformistCulture28-35.

ChaptersinBooks “WhatHumilityIsn’t:ResponsibilityandtheJudicialRole”inMarcusMooreandDanielJutras,

eds.,Canada’sChiefJustice:BeverleyMcLachlin’sLegacyofLawandLeadership(Toronto:LexisNexis,2018),569-593.

R “LiberalConstitutionalismandtheUnsettlingoftheSecular”inRexAdhar,ed.,ResearchHandbookonLawandReligion(Northampton,Mass:EdwardElgar,2018),198-220.

“RiskandtheRoleoftheJudge:LessonsfromBail”inBenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffe,andJamesStribopoulos,eds.,ToEnsurethatJusticeisDone:EssaysinMemoryofMarcRosenberg(Toronto:ThomsonReuters,2017),305-326.(withJamesStribopoulos).

“IntroductiontotheCollection”inBenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffe,andJamesStribopoulos,eds.,ToEnsurethatJusticeisDone:EssaysinMemoryofMarcRosenberg(Toronto:ThomsonReuters,2017),1-9(withEmmaCunliffeandJamesStribopoulos).

“FreedomofReligion”inNathalieDesRosiers,PatrickMacklemandPeterOliver,eds.,OxfordHandbookoftheCanadianConstitution(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2017)755-776.

“AgainstCircumspection:Judges,ReligiousSymbols,andSignsofMoralIndependence”inBenjaminL.BergerandRichardMoon,eds.,ReligionandtheExerciseofPublicAuthority(London:HartPublishing,2016)23-39.

“Introduction:ReligiousNeutralityandtheExerciseofPublicAuthority”inBenjaminL.BergerandRichardMoon,eds.,ReligionandtheExerciseofPublicAuthority(London:HartPublishing,2016)1-9.(WithRichardMoon)

R “Poetry,Mercy,andthePhenomenologyofJustice”inEhudBenZvi,ClaudiaV.Camp,DavidM.GunnandAaronW.Hughes,eds.,Poets,Prophets,andTextsinPlay:StudiesinBiblicalPoetryandProphecyinHonourofFrancisLandy(London:T&TClark,2015)175-190.

“SentencingandtheSalienceofPainandHope”inDwightNewmanandMalcolmThorburn,eds.,TheDignityofLaw:TheLegacyofJusticeLouisLeBel(Toronto:LexisNexis,2015)337-363.

“ConstitutionalPrinciples”inMarkusDubberandTatjanaHoernle,eds.,OxfordHandbookofCriminalLaw(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2014)422-444.

R “PolygamyandthePredicamentofContemporaryCriminalLaw”inGillianCalderandLoriBeaman,eds.,Polygamy'sRightsandWrongs?PerspectivesonHarm,Family,andLaw(Vancouver:U.B.C.Press,2014),69-88.

R “TheAestheticsofReligiousFreedom”inWinnifredSullivanandLoriBeaman,eds.,VarietiesofReligiousEstablishments(SurreyandBurlington:Ashgate,2013)33-53.

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“MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameintheCriminalLaw”inFrançoisTanguay-RenaudandJamesStribopoulos,eds.RethinkingCriminalLawTheory:NewCanadianPerspectivesinthePhilosophyofDomestic,Transnational,andInternationalCriminalLaw(Oxford:HartPublishing,2012)117-140.

“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”inCourtneyBenderandPamelaE.Klassen,eds.,AfterPluralism:ReimaginingReligiousEngagement(NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress,2010)98-126.[RevisedversionofarticleinCanadianJournalofLawandJurisprudence]

ContributingAuthorforMcWilliams’CanadianCriminalEvidence,4thed.bytheHonourableJusticeCaseyHill,DavidM.Tanovich,andLouisP.Strezos(CanadaLawBook,2007).

• AuthorofChapter13:TheLawofPrivilege• AuthorofChapter14:PublicInterestImmunity

“ADueMeasureofFearinCriminalJudgment”inJamieCameroned.,ReflectionsontheLegacyofBerthaWilson(Toronto:LexisNexis,2008),161-192.[ReprintedfromtheSupremeCourtLawReview]

“Law’sReligion:RenderingCulture”inRichardMooned.,LawandReligiousPluralisminCanada(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),264-296.[RevisedversionofarticleintheOsgoodeHallLawJournal]

R “Introduction:DoesLawMatter?TheNewColonialLegalHistory”inHamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,TheGrandExperiment:LawandLegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),1-12.(WithProf.HamarFosterandA.R.Buck)

R “FromHumblePrayerstoLegalDemands:TheCowichanPetitionof1909andtheBritishColumbiaIndianLandQuestion”inHamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,TheGrandExperiment:LawandLegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),240-267.(WithProf.HamarFoster)

“MoralJudgment,CriminalLawandtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”inJamieCameronandJamesStribopoulos,eds.,TheCharterandCriminalJustice:Twenty-FiveYearsLater(Toronto:LexisNexisButterworths,2008)513-522.[ReprintedfromtheSupremeCourtLawReview]

BookReviewsandReviewEssays

“NarrativesofSelfGovernmentinMakingtheCase”(byPaulKahn)(2017)18:1JournalofAppellatePracticeandProcess89-103.

ComparativeMatters:TheRenaissanceofComparativeConstitutionalLawbyRanHirschl(2015)49:3Law&SocietyReview797-801.

ArmingandDisarming:AHistoryofGunControlinCanadabyR.BlakeBrown(2013)34:1FortheDefence38-39.

ColourCoded:ALegalHistoryofRacisminCanada1900-1950byConstanceBackhouseand“Race,”RightsandtheLawintheSupremeCourtofCanadabyJamesW.St.G.Walker(2001)28:3OsgoodeHallLawJournal519-529.

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EditedJournalIssuesBenjaminL.Berger,SoniaLawrence,andEmilyKiddWhite(2018)83SupremeCourtLawReview

(2d).

BenjaminL.BergerandSoniaLawrence(2017)79SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).

BenjaminL.BergerandSoniaLawrence(2016)75SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).

BenjaminL.BergerandSoniaLawrence(2015)71SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).

BenjaminL.BergerandSoniaLawrence(2014)67SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).

BenjaminL.BergerandJamieCameron(2013),50OsgoodeHallLawJournal.• Introduction:“PatterningRightsConstitutionalism:ThirtyYearswiththeCharter”

(2013)50OsgoodeHallLawJournalvii-x.

BenjaminL.Berger,JamieCameron,andSoniaLawrence(2013)63SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).

BenjaminL.Berger,JamieCameron,andSoniaLawrence(2012)58SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).

BlogPostings

Op-EdsBenjaminBerger,“WhyQuebec’sreligious-symbolsbillwillfail”,GlobeandMail(16May2019,

online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

BenjaminBerger&LorneSossin,“ExamsShouldTestMentalAbility,NotMentalHealth”,NationalPost(22August2017,online:<nationalpost.com>.

BenjaminBerger,“QuebecDoesn’tNeedaNewCharter.ItGotaPerfectlyGoodOnein1975”,GlobeandMail(19September2013),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

BenjaminBerger&SeanRehaag,“StopVilifyingRomaRefugees”,TorontoStar(15September2012),online:<www.thestar.com>.

OtherPublications“IndividualizationandtheFutureofSentencing.”(February1,2019)Bartalk,online:

https://cbabc.org/BarTalk/Features/In-this-Issue/February-2019/Individualization-and-the-Future-of-Sentencing.

“InducingFundamentalisms:LawasaCulturalForceintheDomainofReligion.”(2012)9:3CanadianDiversity/DiversitéCanadienne25-28.

“Law’sReligion:AnIntroduction”inTheImmanentFrame:Secularism,Religion,andthePublicSphere:https://perma.cc/VX3V-83TW

“ThePathologiesofReligiousFreedom”inTheImmanentFrame:Secularism,Religion,andthePublicSphere:https://perma.cc/76CD-N6MC

“TheLegalUnintelligibilityofPrayer”inReverberations:NewDirectionsintheStudyofPrayer(ASSRCForum):https://perma.cc/6AKK-AA5Y

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“Law,Community,andReligiousArbitration.”(2006)44:1Outlook:Canada’sProgressiveJewishMagazine7-8.

“JudicialAppointmentsandOurChangingConstitution.”(September16,2005)TheLawyers’Weekly3.

“TrialByMetaphor:Rhetoric,Innovation,andtheJuridicalText.”(2002)39:3CourtReview30-38.

ContributortoAnnoDomini:JesusThroughtheCenturies,ExhibitionCatalogueandGuide.DavidGoa,LindaDistad,andMatthewWangler.ProvincialMuseumofAlberta,Edmonton,Alberta(Oct2000–Jan2001).

9. Judicial Consideration of Scholarship

“RiskandtheRoleoftheJudge:LessonsfromBail”inBenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffe,andJamesStribopoulos,eds.,ToEnsurethatJusticeisDone:EssaysinMemoryofMarcRosenberg(Toronto:ThomsonReuters,2017),305-326.(withJamesStribopoulos).

• RvTunney,2018ONSC961atpara26.

Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,2015).

• McKittyvHayani,2019ONCA805atpara71.• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiavTrinityWesternUniversity,2018SCC32atpara264.• ETvHamilton-WentworthDistrictSchoolBoard,2017ONCA893atpara79.

“SentencingandtheSalienceofPainandHope”(2015)70SCLR(2d).• RvChan,2019ONSC1400• RcBissonnette,2019CanLII8627(QCCS).• RvBlanchard,2018ABQB205atpara155.• RvKlaus,2018ABQB97atpara108.• RvSellars,2017BCSC2236atparas47-48.• RvYoung,2016ONCJ636at8.• RvSmith,2016ONCJ62atparas28-33.

“ReligiousDiversity,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(2014)29CJLS103.• LoyolaHighSchoolvQuebec(AttorneyGeneral),2015SCC12atpara48.

“ReasoningwithInferences:ThemesfromPriorConsistentStatementsandTraceEvidence”(2012)92CR(6th)254.

• RvKailayapillai,2013ONCA248atpara57.• RvLiard,2013ONSC5457atpara323.

“TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainsttheLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”(2011)61UTLJ579.

• RvSimmonds,2018BCCA205atpara17.• RvJenkins,2014ONSC3223atpara34.

“AMoreLastingComfort?ThePoliticsofMinimumSentences,TheRuleofLawandR.v.Ferguson”(2009)47SCLR(2d)101.

• RvNur,2013ONCA677atpara116.

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“TheReachofRightsintheSecurityState:ReflectionsonKhadrv.Canada(MinisterofJustice)”(2008)56CR(6th)268.

• RvCech,2009QCCS1041atparas192-193.

“Law’sReligion:RenderingCulture”(2007)45:2OsgoodeHallLJ277.• ZhangvCanada(MinisterofCitizenship&Immigration),2012FC503atpara11.• RvKharaghani,2011ONSC836atpara173.

“EmotionsandtheVeilofVoluntarism:TheLossofJudgmentinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2006)51:1McGillLawJournal99–128.

• RvWillis,2016MBCA113atparas99and126.

“CriminalAppealsasJuryControl:AnAnglo-CanadianHistoricalPerspectiveontheRiseofCriminalAppeals”(2006)10CanCrimLRev1.

• LSJPA—151,2015QCCA35atpara57.

“TheRuleinHodge’sCase:RumoursofitsDeathareGreatlyExaggerated”(2005)84:1CanBarRev47.

• RvSNA,2018ABQB1052• RvRobinson,2017BCCA6.• RvVillaroman,2016SCC33atparas27-29.• RvYeo,2016PECA5atpara26.• RvGriffin,2008QCCA824atpara149.• HarrisvR,2008QCCA825atpara149.

“RaceandErasureinR.v.Mann”(2004)21CR(6th)58.• RvSynkiw,2010SKPC152atpara55.• RvYeh,2009SKCA112atpara146.• RvLessard,2007QCCS4793atpara21.

“UsingtheChartertoCureHealthCare:PanaceaorPlacebo?”(2003)8:1RevConstStud20.• MoorevBritishColumbia(MinistryofEducation),2008BCSC264atpara111.

“PeineForteetDure:CompelledJuryTrialsandLegalRightsinCanada.”(2003)48:2CriminalLawQuarterly205-248.

• RegisvR,2012QCCS4776atpara33.

10. Conferences, Workshops, and Colloquia Organized

“Fact-FindinginImmigrationDetentionReviews:EvidenceLawMeetsAdministrativeLaw”

• Co-organizer

March2020

OsgoodeColloquiumonLaw,Religion&SocialThought• lrst.osgoode.yorku.ca• Convenor

2011-Present

AnnualOsgoodeConstitutionalCasesConference• Co-Chair

Annuallysince2012

“SymposiuminHonouroftheHonorableMarcRosenberg” September2016

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• Co-OrganizedwiththeNationalJudicialInstitute

“SitesofMemory”• AcollaborationbetweentheReligioninthePublicSphere

Initiative,UniversityofToronto,andtheOsgoodeColloquiumonLaw,Religion&SocialThought

September2016

“ReligionandPublicAuthorityinCanada”• Co-organizedwithProfessorRichardMoon

November2014

“Canada’sRightsRevolution:ACriticalandComparativeSymposiumontheCanadianCharter”

• Co-organizedwithProfessorJamieCameron

September2012

“CriminalJusticeandLegalRights:Reflectingon30Years”• Co-chair• 15thAnnualConstitutionalCasesConference,OsgoodeHallLaw

School

May2012

LegalConsultationonOntarioHumanRightsCommissionCreedPolicy• Co-organizer• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,incollaborationwiththeOntario

HumanRightsCommission;theYorkCentreforPublicPolicyandLaw;andtheYorkCentreforHumanRights

March2012

11. Keynotes, Named Lectures, and Presentations

“Sentencing:TheCanadianApproach”(Invited)• KriminalwissenschaftlichesKolloquium• Georg-August-Universität• Göttingen,Germany

July2019

“Punishment,Suffering,andtheRuleofLaw”(NamedLecture)• ChiefJusticeThaneA.CampbellLectureshipintheLaw• LawFoundationofPEIandUniversityofPEI• Charlottetown,PEI

June2019

“‘Theinterestsoftrueequality’:UnderstandingtheIntersectionofReligiousFreedomandEquality”(Keynote)

• KeynoteatannualmeetingoftheCanadianAssociationofStatutoryHumanRightsAgencies

• Charlottetown,PEI

June2019

“FreeSpeechandthe(CanadianLegal)Academy”• RoundtableparticipantatCanadianAssociationofLaw

Teachersannualmeeting• Vancouver,BC

June2019

“JuryNullification,LegalPluralism,andReconciliation”• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualMeeting• Vancouver,BC

June2019

“OurShiftingUnderstandingofFreedomofReligion”(Invited) April2019

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• CBAYukonBranch• Whitehorse,Yukon

IndigenousRights,Sovereignty,andtheHeartofReligiousFreedom”(Invited)

• CentreforEthics,UniversityofToronto• Toronto,Ontario

April2019

“TheRenaissanceofSovereigntyinFreedomofReligion”(Invited)• MoritzCollegeofLaw,CentreforInterdisciplinaryLawand

Policy• DepartmentforComparativeStudies;CentrefortheStudyof

Religion;CentreforEthnicStudies• TheOhioStateUniversity,Columbus,OH

March2019

“Indigeneity,JuridicalMotion,andtheRenaissanceofSovereigntyinFreedomofReligion”(Invited)

• PublicLawConference• Melbourne,Australia

July2018

“AuthorshipandInterpretation:ContemplativeInsightsforConstitutionalHermeneutics”

• LSA&CLSAJointAnnualMeeting• Toronto,Ontario

June2018

“Wellness,Ethics,andLegalEducation”• CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersAnnualConference• Queen’sUniversity,Kingston,Ontario

June2018

“ReligionandtheCanadianConstitution:TheWeightofHistoryandtheFutureofReligiousFreedom”(NamedLecture)

• HughHKetcheson,QC,MemorialLecture• MinistryofAttorneyGeneral,GovernmentofSaskatchewan• Regina,Saskatchewan

November2018

“AssessingAdler:TheWeightofConstitutionalHistoryandtheFutureofReligiousFreedom”(Invited)

• AsperCentreConstitutionalLawSymposiumforCanada’sSesquicentennial

• Toronto,Ontario

October2017

“WhatDoesReligiousFreedomMeanintheCanadianContext?”(Invited)• CanadianInstitutefortheAdministrationofJusticeAnnual

Conference• Montreal,Quebec

October2017

“WhatImpactdoesLawhaveonReligion?”(Invited)• ReligionandDiversityProjectTeamMeeting• Ottawa,Ontario

October2017

“SitesofPluralism:ReligiousEquality,theIndividualandtheGroup” August2017

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• AmericanSociologicalAssociation,AnnualMeeting• Montreal,Quebec

“MentalHealth,Law,andLegalEducation”• WithLorneSossin• XXXVthInternationalCongressonLawandMentalHealth• Prague,Czechia

July2017

“TheInterpretiveBurdensofthePast:Text,HistoryandHermeneuticsinLaw&Religion”(Invited)

• LawandReligionWorkshop• UniversityofEdinburgh

June2017

“TheTroublewithBinaryResponsibility”(Invited)• Facultédedroit,UniversitéLaval• VersuneReeforemLeegislativeenDroitCriminel:Deuxiéme

ConférenceBiennalesureleDroitPénal

May2017

“ReasonableDoubtandCircumstantialEvidence:RvVillaroman”• TheLawSocietyofUpperCanada• TheSix-MinuteCriminalLawyer

April2017

“Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism”(Invited)

• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofOttawa• PublicLawGroupSpeakersSeries

November2016

“TheTRCandIndigenizingtheTeachingofCriminalLaw”• CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersAnnualConference• UniversityofCalgary

May2016

“Sovereignty,ReligiousFreedom,andIndigenousRights:AReflection”(Invited)

• Workshopon“ThePoliticsofReligiousFreedomatHomeandAbroad”

• NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston

May2016

“VarietiesofReligion:PerspectivesfromMultipleSites”• ReligionandDiversityProjectTeamMeeting• Montreal,Quebec

May2016

Discussant(Invited)• WorkshoponReligiousEducationinaDemocraticSociety• McGillUniversity

January2016

“Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism”(Invited)

• FacultyofLaw,Queen’sUniversity• FacultySpeakerseries

January2016

“TheMetastasizationofProportionalityinCanadianConstitutionalLaw”(Invited)

July2015

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• ConstitutionalLawConference2015• CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudies• UniversityofMelbourneLawSchool

“CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism?”(Invited)• FacultySeminarSeries• CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudiesandthe

AustralianSocietyofLegalPhilosophy• UniversityofMelbourneLawSchool

July2015

“CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism?”(Invited)• FacultySeminarSeries• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofNewSouthWales

July2015

“IssuesinSecularismandthe‘Secular’State”(Invited)• "Religiónenlaesferapública--Ley,derechosylaluchaporel

cuerpo"(ReligioninthePublicSphere--Law,RightsandtheStrugglefortheBody)

• HemisphericInstitute,NYU• HeldinBuenosAres,Argentina

June2015

“CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism:TetheredFates?”(Invited)

• Conferenceon“ConstitutionalisminCrisis:MultipleDimensions”

• HalbertCentreforCanadianStudies,TheHebrewUniversityofJerusalem

June2015

“Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofAlberta

February,2015

“Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheConceitsofConstitutionalism”(Invited)

• DepartmentofPoliticalScienceSpeakerSeriesonReligion,LawandPolitics

• NorthwesternUniversity

February2015

“BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDifference,Secularism,andCivicInclusion”(Invited)

• LansdowneLecture• UniversityofVictoria

December2014

“EpistemicDisorderinContemporaryJustice:WhatweseeinthecaseofR.v.N.S.”

• CanadianAssociationofLawandSocietyAnnualConference• Winnipeg,MB

June2014

“BuildingNegativeCapability–TheTaskofLegalEducation?”• CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersAnnualConference• Winnipeg,MB

June2014

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“FaithinSovereignty:Religion’sRoleinthePoliticsofCanadianFederalism”

• CentralisimooSecessione?GliStatidecentratidifronteallacrisieconomica

• UniversitadiBologna,Italy

May2014

“Secularism,Sovereignty,andSymbols:TheCaseofQuebecandits‘CharterofValues’”(Invited)

• MaurerSchoolofLaw• UniversityofIndiana,Bloomington

April2014

“SovereigntyandSecularism/QuandariesofBelonging”(Invited)• SymposiumonReligion&Politics–HemisphericInstituteof

PerformanceandPolitics• NewYorkUniversity,NewYork

April2014

Panelon“ReligiousFreedomandReligiousInterventionism”(Invited)• InternationalStudiesAssociationAnnualMeeting• Toronto,Ontario

March2014

“TheRuleofLawandtheUnrulinessofReligion”(Invited)• BerkeleyCenterfortheStudyofReligion• UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley

March2014

“Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)• ConstitutionalRoundtable• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofToronto

January2014

“Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)• SeniorCommonRoomSeries• UniversityCollege,UniversityofToronto

November2013

“Canada’sEvidenceRevolution”(Invited,withtheHon.IanBinnie)• CanadianInstitutefortheAdministrationofJusticeAnnual

Meeting• Toronto,ON

October2013

“Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)• ReligiousFreedomandEducation:APluralism,Religion,and

PublicPolicySymposium• FacultyofReligiousStudies,McGillUniversity

October2013

“EducatingSecularism:TheLegalStatusofStateEducationintheManagementofReligiousDiversity”

• 2013CLSAandLSAANZJointAnnualMeetings• FacultyofLaw,UBC

July2013

“MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameinCriminalLaw”(NamedLecture)

• 2013MichelProulxMemorialLectureinCriminalLaw• FacultyofLaw,McGillUniversity

April2013

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“BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”(Invited)

• InvitedbytheChairederechercheduCanadasurlesidentitésjuridiquesetculturellesnord-américainesetcompares

• UniversitédeMontréal,Quebec

February2012

“BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”

• Socio-LegalStudiesLectureSeries• YorkUniversity,Toronto,Ontario

October2012

AnnualLawandReligionRoundtable(Invited)• HarvardUniversity

June2012

“ReligiousLegalPluralismandDemocraticBelonging”InternationalConferenceonLawandSociety

• Honolulu,Hawaii

June2012

“Rights,Conscience,andtheProjectofJustice”(Invited)• SocialJusticeandHumanRightsWorkshop,Institutefor

ChristianStudies• Toronto,Ontario

April2012

“BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”(Invited)

• Workshopon“CivicEnculturation”• InstitutefortheStudyofCulture,Religion,andWorldAffairs

(CURA),BostonUniversity,Boston,Mass

April2012

“InducingFundamentalisms:LawasaCulturalForceintheDomainofReligion”(Invited)

• OntarioHumanRightsCommissionWorkshoponCreed• Toronto,Ontario

January2012

“CompetingConstitutionalNarratives:TheCaseofCanada”(Invited)• ConferenceonComparativeConstitutionalCultures• EuropeanUniversityInstitute,Florence(remotely)

January2012

RoundtableonCollectiveRights(Invited)• FacultyofLaw,WesternUniversity• London,ON

January2012

“TryingReligion:Multiculturalism,Religion,andLawinCanada”(Invited)• AssociationforCanadianStudiesandCanadianEthnicStudies

AssociationAnnualMeeting• Ottawa,Ontario

September2011

“TheAestheticsofReligiousFreedom”(Invited)• Workshopon“VarietiesofReligiousEstablishment”• St.ThomasUniversity,Fredericton,N.B.

November2010

“MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameintheCriminalLaw” September2010

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• Workshopon“RethinkingCriminalLawTheory”• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,ON

“WhatR.v.LatimerTellsusAboutourConstitutionalLives”• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualMeeting• ConcordiaUniversity,Montreal,QC

June2010

“Mercy,Conscience,andConstitutionalism:PerspectivesfromtheCriminalLaw”

• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationMid-WinterMeeting• YorkUniversity,Toronto,ON

February2010

“TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainsttheLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”

• InternationalWorkshoponConstitutionalismandtheCriminalLaworganizedbytheFacultiesofLawatTelAvivUniversityandtheUniversityofToronto

• UniversityofToronto,Toronto,ON

September2009

“ASymposiumonLawandSuffering”• ChairandPresenter• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofVictoria,Victoria,BC

August2009

“TheAdjudicativeChallengesofMulticulturalism”• NationalJudicialInstitute:JointCourtofQueen’sBenchof

ManitobaandCourtofQueen’sBenchforSaskatchewanEducationSeminar

• Onanole,MB

June2009

“IsReligiousMulticulturalismaNobleLie?”• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConference• CarletonUniversity,Ottawa,Ontario

May2009

“OfRetributionandRestoration:TheoriesofPunishmentattheB.C.CourtofAppeal”

• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConference• CarletonUniversity,Ottawa,Ontario

May2009

“AMoreLastingComfort?ThePoliticsofMinimumSentences,theRuleofLawandR.v.Ferguson”

• 2008ConstitutionalCasesConference• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,Ontario

April2009

“JusticeAgainsttheLaw:CompassionandtheExceptioninModernCriminalLaw”

• AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,CultureandtheHumanities

• SuffolkLawSchool,Boston,Massachusetts

April2009

“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”• PublicLecturefortheCentreforStudiesinReligionand

February2009

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Society,UniversityofVictoria• Victoria,B.C.

“TheLogicofProportionalityReviewandtheCriminalLaw:InstitutionalandCulturalPerspectives”

• InternationalWorkshoponConstitutionalismandtheCriminalLaworganizedbytheFacultiesofLawatTelAvivUniversityandtheUniversityofToronto

• TelAviv/DeadSea,Israel

December2008

“TheAdjudicativeChallengesofMulticulturalism”• NationalJudicialInstitute:ChallengesoftheMulticultural

Courtroom:EssentialToolsforCanadianJudges• Toronto,ON

December2008

“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociation/LawandSociety

AssociationGeneralmeeting• Montreal,QC

May2008

“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”• AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,

CultureandtheHumanities• UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley

March2008

“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”• LegalTheoryWorkshop• FacultyofLaw,McGillUniversity,Montreal,QC

March2008

“ReligionThroughtheEyesofCanadianConstitutionalism”• FacultyWorkshop• SchoolofLaw,UniversityCollege,Dublin,Ireland

February2008

“MoralJudgment,CriminalLaw,andtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”

• FacultyandPublicPresentation• SchoolofLaw,UniversityofLimerick,Ireland

February2008

“MoralJudgment,CriminalLaw,andtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”

• CanadianJuniorScholars'Conference• McGillUniversity,Montreal,Quebec

January2008

“DieuetMonDroit:APrimeronReligiousConscienceandtheRuleofLawinCanada”

• NationalJudicialInstitute:EmergingIssuesSeminar• St.Andrew's,NB

October2007

“MoralJudgment,ReligiousFreedom,andtheCriminalLaw”• NationalconferenceontheCharterandCriminalJusticein

Canada

September2007

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• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,Ontario

“Religion,theCharterandCross-CulturalEncounter”• SaskatchewanInstituteofPublicPolicy,"ALivingTree:The

Legacyof1982inCanada'sPoliticalEvolution"• Regina,Saskatchewan

May2007

“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”• WesternCanadaEmergingScholarsIncubatorWorkshop• UniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver,BC

April2007

“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”• AfterPluralism:ReimaginingModelsofInterreligious

Engagement• UniversityofToronto

March2007

“LawandReligion:ContemporaryIssuesforLegalTheoryinCanada”• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofAlberta• Edmonton,Alberta

November2006

“OnDemocraticNormsintheAgeofTerrorismandTheIdealofaCommonMorality”

• SIASInstituteon"ThePolitical:Law,CultureandTheology”• Berlin,Germany

July2006

“Law'sReligion:RenderingCulture”• Law,ReligionandSocialChangeInternationalConference,

ANU• Canberra,ACT,Australia

May2006

“EqualityandtheShapeofConstitutions:PerspectivesonLegislativeRightsfromCanadaandtheUS”

• CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudies• UniversityofMelbourne,Melbourne,Australia

May2006

“Law'sReligion:CultureandCanadianConstitutionalism”• AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,

CultureandtheHumanities• Syracuse,NY

March2006

“TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedom:ReligiousConscienceandCanadianConstitutionalism”

• UVicDean'sLectureSeries• Victoria,B.C.

November2005

“CanadianConstitutionalLawasCulture”• SIASInstituteon"ThePolitical:Law,CultureandTheology"• YaleUniversity,NewHavenCT

July2005

“BanishedFromLiberty'sTemple:SentencingObjectivesandtheHistoricalConstructionoftheCriminal”

• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConference

June2005

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• HarrisonHotSprings,BC

“TheCulturalChallengeofCanadianConstitutionalism”• CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersAnnualConference• Vancouver,BC

June2005

“TheBookofJob,Injustice,andthePrecariousnessoftheCriminalLaw”• AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,

Culture,andtheHumanities• Austin,TX

April2005

“UnderstandingLawasCulture:MakingRoomforMeaninginthePublicSphere”

• ConversationsonMarsHill:LectureSeriesontheIntersectionofReligionandCivilLife

• Edmonton,AB

December2004

12. Peer Review

PeerReviewofGrantApplications• SocialSciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncil• IsraelScienceFoundation

PeerReviewofBookManuscripts• CambridgeUniversityPress• UniversityofTorontoPress• UniversityofChicagoPress• OsgoodeSocietyforCanadianLegalHistory

PeerReviewofJournalArticles(Selected)• LawandSocialInquiry• Law&SocietyReview• ElectionLawJournal• AsianJournalofComparativeLaw• UniversityofTorontoLawJournal• LesCahiersdeDroit• NewCriminalLawReview• CanadianJournalofLawandSociety• StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses• AlbertaLawReview• UniversityofBritishColumbiaLawReview• SaskatchewanLawReview• ReviewofConstitutionalStudies• Queen’sLawJournal• OsgoodeHallLawJournal

13. Professional Service and Scientific Panels

ExpertPanelonMedicalAssistanceinDying,PanelMember 2017–2018

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• CanadianCouncilofAcademies

NationalJudicialInstitute,FacultyMember• Participatedinover60nationalandregionalconferenceson

topicsincriminallaw,thelawofevidence,constitutionallaw,andsocialcontext

2006–Present

FrequentPresentationstoOtherProfessionalSocietiesandBodies• AssociationofJusticesofthePeaceofOntario• BritishColumbiaContinuingLegalEducationSociety• LawSocietyTribunal,Ontario• CanadianImmigrationandRefugeeBoard• SocietyofOntarioAdjudicatorsandRegulators• CollegeofPhysiciansandSurgeonsofOntario• ProvincialCourtJudgesAssociation

2005–Present

BritishColumbiaContinuingLegalEducationSociety• MasteringCivilEvidence

Spring2010

CanadianAssociationforProvincialCourtJudges,Consultant• ConsultantonWebsiteProject–ReligionChapter

Spring2006

Pro-BonoLegalConsultationonCridgeParkHomelessIssue 2005–2006

14. Memberships and Offices Held in Professional and Learned Societies

LawSocietyofBritishColumbia• BarristerandSolicitor

2010–Present

LawSocietyofOntario• BarristerandSolicitor

2009–Present

CanadianAssociationofLawTeachers• Member

2004–Present

CanadianLawandSocietyAssociation• Member

2004–Present

OsgoodeSocietyforCanadianLegalHistory• Member

2005–Present

CanadianLawandSocietyAssociation• DirectorAtLarge,Board(2009–2010)• Vice-President,Board(2010–2013)

2009–2013

YaleLawSchoolExecutiveCommittee• Member

2004–2010

CentreforStudiesinReligionandSociety,UniversityofVictoria• Member

2004–2011

ConsortiumonDemocraticConstitutionalism(DEMCON)• Member

2004–2011

SocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion 2010–2012

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• Member

InternationalAssociationofConstitutionalLaw• Member

2010–2012

AssociationfortheStudyofLaw,Culture,andtheHumanities• Member

2005–2010

15. Advocacy

• CounselfortheCanadianCivilLibertiesAssociation• ArguedbeforetheSupremeCourtofCanadainthe

MatterofR.v.Caron• Co-counselwithJosephJ.Arvay,Q.C.

April2010

16. Media Engagement (Since 2011)

NickBoisvert,“Churchorillegaldispensary?Rastafarianconfidenthisfaithletshimexchangepotfordonations”CBC(29May2019),online:<www.cbc.ca>.

MahamAbedi,“Quebecisproposingareligioussymbolsban.LawexpertssayitviolatesCharterrights”GlobalNews(28March2019),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.

CBCSundayEditionwithMichaelEnrightontheNotwithstandingClauseinOntarioandQuebec,(25November2018).

PeterGoffin,"Courtcaseillustratesissueswhenvulnerablewitnessescan’ttestify",TorontoStar(22June2017),online:<www.thestar.com>.

SeanFine,"ChiefJusticeBeverleyMcLachlintoretireafterdecadesofpushingboundaries",GlobeandMail(12June2017),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

SeanFine,"SupremeCourtRulesPoliceCanSwabaSuspectedRapistWithoutaWarrant",GlobeandMail(23June2016),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

AshleyCsanady,“IsBeingaVeganaHumanRight?AdvocatesClaimProtectionUnderNewOntarioPolicy,butthatwasn’tthePoint",NationalPost(5February2016),online:<www.nationalpost.com>.

SamanthaCraggs,"GrievingFamilyTryingtoBana‘VictimBlaming’MurderDefence",CBCNews(17December2015),online:<www.cbc.ca>.

TedFlett,“AreweDoingEnoughtoOptimizetheStudentBody’sMentalHealth?",CanadianLawyerMag(30November2015),online:<www.canadianlawyermag.com>.

SeanFine,"StephenHarper’sAccidentalLegalLegacy",GlobeandMail(6November2015),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

SeanFine,“Thelawsoftheland:FromC-51tophysician-assisteddying,thenewLiberalgovernmentwantstoshape-andreshape-manyofthelawsthatgovernourday-to-daylives”,GlobeandMail(24October2015),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

"Trudeau’sFirstChallenges",GlobeandMail(23October2015),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

AlyshahHasham,“JusticeisBlindwhenitcomestoCanadianJurySelection",TorontoStar(5

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October2015),online:<www.thestar.com>.

TomHarpur,"CriminalJusticenotthatJust,orHumane",BarrieExaminer(15September2015),online:<www.thebarrieexaminer.com>.

JamesArmstrong,"CouldCourtDecisionBarringPrayerfromQuebecCouncilAffectParliament?",GlobalNews(15April2015),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.

SeanFine,“SupremeCourttoRuleonMandatoryMinimumJailTermsforGunPossession",GlobeandMail(14April2015),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

JamesArmstrong,"UnlikelyIndiana-StyleReligiousFreedomLawcouldmakeitinCanada",GlobalNews(31March2015),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.

PatrickCain,"TwoPredictionsaboutFriday’sQuebecGunRegistrydecision",GlobalNews(26March2015),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.

MarkGollom,“AlainPhilipponPhonePasswordCase:PowersofBorderAgentsandPoliceDiffer",CBCNews(6March2015),online:<www.cbc.ca>.

MiaRabson,"LifeSentenceisJustthatUnderBill",WinnipegFreePress(5March2015),online:<www.winnipegfreepress.com>.

“HarperWantsLifeSentencestobeLife”,Chronicle–Herald(5March2015).

PaolaLoriggio,"Harper's'LifewithoutParole'InitiativeaPoliticalMove,SayCritics",TheCanadianPress(4March2015),online:<www.nationalnewswatch.com>.

CBC–MetroMorning,“MobileSearch”(12December2014),online:<http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2014/12/12/mobile-search/>.

ErikaTucker,"WhatRulesMustPolicefollowtoSearchaCellphoneDuringArrest?",GlobalNews(11December2014),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.

SeanFine,“PolicecanSearchCellphonesinArrestswithoutWarrant,SupremeCourtRules",GlobeandMail(11December2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

JohnIvison,“ProvincesCouldKillNewProstitutionLawbyRefusingtoEnforceit”,NationalPost(8December2014),online:<www.nationalpost.com>.

SeanFine,"Crown‘upstheante’withOvercomingResistancebyChokingChargesAgainstGhomeshi",GlobeandMail(26November2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

ChristopherCurti,“RulingShows'Fix'wasPremature,LegalExpertsSay”,TheGazette(14November2014),online:<www.montrealgazette.com>.

SeanFine,"FairnessforVictimsActFacesMajorConstitutionalProblem",GlobeandMail(2September2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

SeanFine,“PoliceMustAllowHospitalizedDrunkDriverstheRighttoSeekCounsel:SupremeCourtRules”,GlobeandMail(18July2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

ErikaTucker,“What’stheBestWaytoRegulateProstitutioninCanada?”,GlobalNews(31March2014),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.

SeanFine,“SupremeCourtRulesthatLawCuttingSuccesstoEarlyDayParoleisUnconstitutional”,GlobeandMail(20March2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

SeanFine,“SupremeCourtHaltsuseofExpertOpinions”,GlobeandMail(20February2014),

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online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

SeanFine,“SupremeCourtHearingThursdayPitsOttawaagainstJudgesonSentencingLaw”,GlobeandMail(22January2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

ErikaTucker,"WhatCanada’sProstitutionLawscouldLookLikein2015”,GlobalNews(20December2013),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.

SeanFine,“PoliceNeedJudge’sSpecificPermissiontoSearchComputers,SupremeCourtRules”,GlobeandMail(7November2013),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

“TheCaseoftheGene-BearingSuspects”,GlobeandMail(11October2013),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

SeanFine,“SupremeCourtAllowsWideruseofPolice‘SnifferDogs’”,GlobeandMail(27September2013),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

SueMontgomery,“Proposalmaynotsurvivecourtchallenges;Quebeccouldinvokenotwithstandingclauseiflegislationgetsshotdown”,TheGazette(11September2013),online:<www.montrealgazette.com>.

CTVNews,“SupremeCourtofCanadaRulesonNiqabs”(20December2012),online:<http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=831343>.

MeganO’Toole,“ManAppealsRobberyConviction,SayingTorontoPolice‘Tortured’Him”,GlobeandMail(23May2012),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.

TraceyTyler,“ShouldJudgesMixCourtswithReligion?”,TorontoStar(13September2011),online:<www.thestar.com>.

“JudgeBlastsNiagaraPoliceOfficers,ChiefofPolice”,HamiltonSpectator(19August2011),online:<www.thespec.com>.

17. Teaching Experience

CriminalLaw(FirstYear)• LectureandSmallGroup• UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool

2004–Present

TheLawofEvidence• Lecture• UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool

2005–Present

Law&Religion• Seminar• UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool

2008–Present

CriminalLawandtheCharter:ImplicationsandExpectations• GraduateSeminar• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,OsgoodeProfessionalDevelopment

2019

ProblemsofProof:AdvancedPerspectivesontheLawofEvidence• GraduateSeminar• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,OsgoodeProfessionalDevelopment

2014;2016;2018

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VarietiesoftheSecular• IntensiveSeminar• MonashUniversity,PratoCampus

2013;2014

LawinaGlobalContext• GraduateStudyGroup• OsgoodeHallLawSchool

2011–2012

FundamentalFreedoms(withProf.JamieCameron)• GraduateSeminar• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,OsgoodeProfessionalDevelopment

2012

CivilLibertiesandtheCharter• Seminar• UniversityofVictoria

2006;2007

TheLegalProcess• Seminar• UniversityofVictoria

2004–2011

CriminalLawTerm(withProf.GerryFerguson)• IntensiveProgram• UniversityofVictoria

Spring2009

CivilLibertiesandtheCharter• UniversityofVictoria

2006–2007

18. Graduate Supervision

SupervisorKennethLaw,Ph.D.,Law

2019-Present

MattiThurlin,JD/MA(Philosophy)

2019-Present

CristinaCandea,JD/MA(Philosophy)

2017-2018

AdelinaIftene,SSHRCPost-DoctoralResearcher• "AgingPrisonersinCanadianPenitentiaries:Challenges,

InstitutionalTreatment,andtheLaw" • Tenure-TrackPositionSecuredatSchulichSchoolofLaw,

DalhousieUniversity

2015-2017

DanaPhillips,Ph.D.,Law• "EvidenceforEquality:Fact-findinginCanadianPublic

InterestLitigationUnders.7oftheCharter"

2016-Present

SamaneHemat,Ph.D.,Law• IndigenousPeoples,ReligiousFreedomAdvocacy,and

InternationalEconomicDevelopment

2014-Present

RobertBoissonealt,LL.M.• PhilosophicalJustificationsforReligiousFreedom

2016-Present

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VenusSayed,LL.M.• “AreMandatoryMinimumsCurable?AnAnalysisofthe‘Safety

Valve’Approach”

2017-Present

DanaPhillips,LL.M.• “Let’sTalkAboutSexualAssault:Investigationthe

RelationshipBetweenSocialandLegalDiscourses”• WinneroftheFacultyofGraduateStudiesMaster’sThesis

Prize

2014-2016

JessicaMcKeachie,LL.M.• “RecoveringthePromiseofPublicTruth:Juridificationandthe

LossofPublicPurposeinPublicInquiries”

2012-2014

HeatherKuiper,LL.M• MajorResearchPaperonEqualityandPhilosophyofLaw

2012-2013

JeanetteGevikoglu,LL.M.• “ReconcilingtheIrreconcilable?:IndigenousIdentityandthe

CriminalJusticeSystem”

2010-2011

GeoffreyConrad,LL.M.• “ExemplarsorExceptions:ImaginingConstitutionalCourtsin

aReligiouslyDiverseSociety”• WinneroftheGovernorGeneral’sSilverMedalforbest

Master’sthesisattheUniversityofVictoria

2010-2011

IlonaCairns,LL.M.• “CrimesofEquality:TheRacialProfilingParadoxofCanada’s

‘WaronTerror.’”• NowaLecturerattheUniversityofAberdeen.

2008-2010

CommitteeMemberJoshuaShaw,Ph.D.,Law

• “TheSocialOrganisationofMedicalAssistanceinDyinginFederalPenitentiaries:ASocio-LegalTheoryofSpace,theBodyandLaw”

2019-Present

InbarPeled,Ph.D.,Law• “‘Multiracialized’:EthiopianIsraelisandThePredicamentof

RacializedMinoritiesinMulticulturalSocieties”

2018-Present

GhunaBdiwi,Ph.D.,Law• “InternationalCriminalAccountabilityinSyria”

2018-Present

FaisalKamal,Ph.D.,PoliticalScience,UniversityofToronto• “ReligiousOntologyandLegalSemantics”

2017-Present

YaelMachtiger,Ph.D.,Socio-LegalStudies,YorkUniversity• “SoundsofSilence:AComparativeSocio-LegalExaminationof

Get(Jewishdivorce)Refusal”

2011-2017

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ChristopherSewrattan,LL.M• “Lostintranslation?Thedifferencebetweenthehearsayrule’s

historicalrationaleandpracticalapplication”

2015-2016

Sarah-JaneNussbaum,Ph.D.,Law• PhilosophicalApproachestoCriminalLaw

2016-Present

KlodianRado,Ph.D.,Law• JudicialGlobalizationandtheSupremeCourtofCanada

2014-2018

DomingoLovera,Ph.D.,Law• ProtestasConstitutionalInterpretation

2013-Present

19. Administrative Contributions to the Law School and University

2018-2019 • (AdministrativeLeavefollowingCompletionofADSDuties)• Chair,PrioritiesandFinanceCommittee• DirectoroftheProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure• PostAwardsCommittee(YorkUniversity)

2017-2018 • AssociateDean(Students)o Ex-Officio:AcademicPolicyandPlanningCommittee;Academic

StandingCommittee;AdmissionsCommittee;EqualityCommittee;FacultyClerkshipAdvisor;Flex-TimeJDWorkingGroup;StandingCommitteeonTeachingandLearning

• MemberofAd-HocLegalEducationWorkingGroup• DirectoroftheProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure

2016-2017 • AssociateDean(Students)o Ex-Officio:AcademicPolicyandPlanningCommittee;Academic

StandingCommittee;AdmissionsCommittee;EqualityCommittee;FacultyClerkshipAdvisor;Flex-TimeJDWorkingGroup;StandingCommitteeonTeachingandLearning

• MemberofAd-HocLegalEducationWorkingGroup• DirectoroftheProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure

2015-2016 • AssociateDean(Students)o exofficio:AcademicPolicyandPlanningCommittee;Academic

StandingCommittee;AdmissionsCommittee;EqualityCommittee;StandingCommitteeonTeachingandLearning

• MemberofAd-HocLegalEducationWorkingGroup• DirectoroftheProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure

2014-2015 • ChairofAdmissionsCommittee• FacultyRecruitmentCommittee• OHFAGrievanceAdvisoryCommittee• DirectorofProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure

2013-2014 • SabbaticalLeave

2012-2013 • FacultyClerkshipCoordinator• AdmissionsCommittee

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• OHFABargainingCommittee• TenureandPromotionsAdjudicatingCommittee

2011-2012 • FacultyClerkshipCoordinator• AdmissionsCommittee• TenureandPromotionsAdjudicatingCommittee

2010-2011 • Co-DirectorofLegalProcess• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyGraduateStudiesAdvisor• AdmissionCommitteeMember• J.I.D.ProgramCommittee• L.R.W.MootJudge• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• SenateCommitteeonAcademicStandards(FacultyofGraduateStudies

Representative,UVic)• SenateCommitteeonAcademicStandardsPercentageGradingSub-Committee

(FacultyofGraduateStudiesRepresentative,UVic)• ReligiousStudiesMajorProgramCommittee(UVic)• RingEditorialAdvisoryBoard(UVic)

2009-2010 • FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• AdmissionCommitteeMember• AuthorofOpenMemoforLRW• Chair–HumanitarianAwardCommittee• B.I.L.ProgramCommittee• FacultyAdvisor–Dean’sAdvisoryCouncilonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• ReligiousStudiesMajorProgramCommittee(UVic)• RingEditorialAdvisoryBoard(UVic)

2008-2009 • CompensationandBenefitsCommittee,FacultyAssociation(UVic)• RingEditorialAdvisoryBoard(UVic)• ProgramCommittee,CentreforStudiesandReligionandSociety(UVic)

2007-2008 • AdmissionsCommittee(FallOnly)• FacultyAdvisoryCommittee(Appointments)• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCo-AdvisortotheDean’sAdvisoryCommitteeonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawforAll)• RingEditorialAdvisoryBoard(UVic)• ProgramCommittee,CentreforStudiesandReligionandSociety(UVic)• TaskForceonMandatoryRetirement,FacultyAssociation(UVic)• DirectorSearchCommittee,CentreforStudiesinReligionandSociety(UVic)

2006-2007 • FacultyofLawHumanitarianAwardCommittee• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCoordinator:ABANegotiationCompetition

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• FacultyAdvisortotheDean’sAdvisoryCommitteeonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(CriminalLawClub)• ProgramCommittee,CentreforStudiesandReligionandSociety(UVic)

2005-2006 • FacultyofLawCurriculumCommittee• FacultyofLawFirstYearCurriculumReviewWorkingGroup• FacultyofLawReappointment,PromotionandTenureCommittee• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCoordinator:ABANegotiationCompetition• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(WomenandConstitutionBuilding)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(WrongfulConvictions)• AssignedAuthorforFirstYearLRWOpenMemo• ProgramCommittee,CentreforStudiesandReligionandSociety(UVic)

20. Volunteer Community Activities

GovernanceCommitteeChair,FirstNarayeverCongregation 2019-PresentOntarioJusticeEducationNetwork(OJEN)

• Speaker2012-Present

LawinActionwithinSchools(LAWS)• SpeakerinHighSchoolClasses

2012-Present

TheWalrusMagazine• MemberoftheEducationalReviewCommittee

2010-Present

ConstitutionalFaith:CharterRightsandReligioninCanada• Taughta6weekcommunitycourseforcommunitymembers

inToronto• OfferedbyTheNoorCentre,CongregationEmanu-El,and

EmannuelCollege(UofT)

Spring2013

CongregationEmanu-El• MembershipCommitteeChairandMemberoftheBoardof

Directors

2009–2011

VictoriaRestorativeJusticeSociety• Co-Chair• BoardMember

2008–2011

21. Community Presentations

“OurShiftingUnderstandingofFreedomofReligion”• AgaKhanIsmailiNationalConciliationandArbitrationBoard

April26,2019

“FaithandtheLaw”• 2018IsmailiCentreConversationSeries,“WhoareWe,Where

areWeHeaded?”

October13,2018

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• Otherseriesspeakers:JohnRalstonSaul,AbdallahDaar

“FreedomofReligion”• LawTodaySeries,GeorgianLifelongLearningInstitute

May4,2018

“IntroductiontotheLawofEvidence”• PresentationtohighschoolstudentstakingpartinOntario

JusticeEducationNetwork(OJEN)SummerLawInstitute

August4,2016

“IntroductiontotheLawofEvidence”• PresentationtohighschoolstudentstakingpartinOntario

JusticeEducationNetwork(OJEN)SummerLawInstitute

August25,2015

Presenter• METRACforumonBillS-7,the“ZeroToleranceforBarbaric

CulturalPracticesAct”

April15,2015

“ConfoundingSecularism”• Presentationat“ReflectionsonReligion,Equality,and

Women’sRights”Symposium• LEAF

January30,2015

“StorytellingandtheLawsofEvidence”• PresentationtoGrade11EnglishClassontheLawsof

Evidence,CWJefferysCollegiateInstitute• LAWSProgram

December8,2014

“SecularismandSovereigntyinCanada:Law,Religion,andPoliticsfromtheOriginsoftheNationtothe‘CharterofValues’”

• YorkCirclePresentationforYorkUniversity

September20,2014

DistinguishedSpeakers’SeriespanelontheQuebecCharter• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity

October23,2014

“ConsentandDisclosure:ADiscussionofR.v.Mabior”• PresentationorganizedbyOsgoodeHallLawSchoolLegal&

LiterarySociety

October17,2012

TheLawofSearchandSeizureinCanada:FoundationalPrinciplesandContemporaryChallenges

• PresentationtoBrentwoodCollegeSchool(studentsingrades10-12)

April7,2009

CommunityForumontheTentCityDecision• PanelistcommentingonVictoriav.Adamsforaudienceoflocal

communityanduniversitystudents.

November17,2008

“ABriefIntroductiontoLaw:TheCaseofAssaultandR.v.Bertuzzi”• DeliveredtotheAboriginalStudentMini-UniversitySummer

Camp

2004-2008

ConferenceonTerrorismandSecurityCertificates• ModeratorforUVicInternationalandHumanRightsLaw

AssociationEvent

March3,2007

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“DieuetMonDroit:APrimeronReligiousConscienceandtheRuleofLaw”

• DeliveredtotheVictoriaSecularHumanistSociety

Spring2007

“DueProcessintheCanadianCriminalJusticeSystem”• DeliveredtotheDeputyDirectorGeneralandDelegatesofthe

WuhanPublicSecurityBureau,People'sRepublicofChina

Summer2006

Harm,MoralityandtheLimitsofCriminalLaw• UVicSpeaker'sBureau• PresentedtotheInmatesofWilliamHeadPenitentiary

Summer2006

ThePathtoLawSchool• PresentedtotheConferenceofSecondarySchoolCounselors• UVicRecruitmentServices

Spring2006

TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedoms• PresentedtotheJewishCommunityCentreofVictoria• UVicSpeaker'sBureau

Spring2006

DueProcessintheCanadianCriminalJusticeSystem• DeliveredtotheDeputyDirectorGeneralandDelegatesofthe

WuhanPublicSecurityBureau,People'sRepublicofChina

Spring2006

TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedoms• PresentedtotheVictoriaSecularHumanistAssociation• UVicSpeaker'sBureau

Fall2005

Participantina"Teach-In"ontheIdeaofthePassiveCitizen• UVicPoliticalScienceStudents'Association

Fall2005

“Activism,AppointmentsandDecision-makingattheSupremeCourtofCanada”

• ProbusClub,Victoria,MonthlyMeeting• Victoria,BC

June2005

“ReflectionsonModernConstitutions,EmergingDemocraciesandtheRuleofLaw”

• WorldFederalists,VictoriaChapter-GeneralMeeting• Victoria,BC

May2005

TheRationaleandMeritsofS.T.V.• PresentedtotheCommunityForumonElectoralReform

arrangedbytheEnvironmentalLawClub

Spring2005

Participantina"Teach-In"onTerrorismandCivilLiberties• UVicPoliticalScienceStudents'Association

Spring2005

DueProcessintheCanadianCriminalJusticeSystem• DeliveredtotheDeputyDirectorGeneralandDelegatesofthe

WuhanPublicSecurityBureau,People'sRepublicofChina

Fall2004